Steamy

That's the best way to describe the weather in Nebraska right now.  It's that time of year where I am permanently stuck to my desk by sweat and bugs infiltrate my office.  There will soon be a wide variety of bugs in here varying from crickets to new breeds of beetles.  I stepped on a beetle once, but I won't do that again.  It was some sort of stink beetle that caused the worst stink to permeate the walls of my office.  I had to wash the stink off my shoe and scrub down everything in sight.  I don't remember what that beetle looked like so I'll never step on another one again.  I also can't stand the crunchy noise they make when they squish.

The heat is a completely different story.  In Nebraska, we have a special kind of heat.  It's hotter than Hades and humid like the Everglades, but we're nowhere near the ocean.  We also have wind.  Hot, painful wind that blows so hard you can barely keep your feet on the ground.  This is the kind of heat that drains the energy out of most people.  This time of year, you can find many Nebraskans shuffling down the street, panting for air, and trying not to die.  The smart ones are all inside somewhere with functioning air conditioning.  That somewhere is definitely not my office.  The air conditioner works, but not well.  I work in a tin hangar with no insulation.  It heats up in here like a microwave.  The air conditioner can't keep up.  I'm sure adding a little insulation in the walls would be worth the money and a lot cheaper in the long run.  But, what do I know?  I'm just a phone operator.

That's enough complaining.  I must enjoy today because even though it's hot, I have my baby one more day before I have to put her on a plane all by herself to fly 1000 miles away to visit her father.  She's old enough to not be called a baby, but she'll always be MY baby, even when she's 100.

Also today, I'm sportin' some brand new, fancy, computer spectacles.  Wanna see?  Here you go:

I will only be wearing these while working on the computer.  I once had glass chunks in my eye and ever since then, I've had a deep seeded fear of anything near my eyes.  Even my own fingers scare me sometimes.